uHoseya
14:1 Sirayeli, buyela kuYehova uThixo wakho; ngokuba uwile esandleni sakho
ubugwenxa.
14:2 Thabathani niphathe amazwi, nibuyele kuYehova, nithi kuye, Thabatha konke
Samkele ngobugwenxa, namkele oko kulungileyo; sowanikela amathole ethu
imilebe.
14:3 UAsiriya akayi kusisindisa; asiyi kukhwela emahasheni;
buyani nithi kumsebenzi wezandla zethu, Ningoothixo bethu; ngokuba ukuwe
inkedama ifumana inceba.
14:4 Ndiya kukuphilisa ukubuya kwabo umva, ndiya kubathanda ngesisa ngenxa yomsindo wam
umkile kuye.
14:5 Ndiya kuba njengombethe kuSirayeli; uya kudubula njengenyibiba, avuthulule
iingcambu zakhe zinjengeLebhanon.
14:6 Aya kunaba amasebe akhe, nobuhle bakhe bube njengomnquma;
Ivumba lakhe linjengeLebhanon.
14:7 Baya kubuya abahlala emthunzini wakhe; baya kuphila njengoYehova
ingqolowa, utyatyambe njengomdiliya; ivumba laso liya kuba njengewayini yewayini
Libhanon.
14:8 Efrayim, yintoni na esenam nezithixo? Ndivile
wambona, wathi, Ndifana nomsipres oluhlaza. siphuma kum isiqhamo sakho
ifunyenwe.
14:9 Ngubani na olumkileyo, aziqonde ezo zinto? Unengqondo, kwaye uya kwenza
uyabazi? ngokuba zithe tye iindlela zikaYehova; ahamba amalungisa
ke bona abakreqi baya kukhubeka kuzo.